Army store fraud probe sweeps Manila influence
Secretary Root orders thorough probe into missing stores shipped from San Francisco to Manila amid a widening commissary scandal. Captain Barrows and others are detained as authorities expect a scheme valued in the hundreds of thousands to stretch across the Philippines.
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Uncle Sam
San Francisco
Manila
Root
MacArthur
Burrows
Department of Southern Lavon
Kla
Ito 4S
Barrows
Washington
Department of the Philippines
War Department
J & Barrows
Manj
Two Lives Reported From Memory Split by Wreck
Francis F Washburn of Allegheny Pa recounts seventeen years living in another life after a Rock Island wreck. He describes waking in a hospital and believing his wife, children, and career were strangers, then gradually confronting his past with reality returning as others reveal his true history. Doctors compare it to a rare memory case noted by Drs Mayer and Small.
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Hiainapedunaii
Frederick Washburn
Allesateny
Rock Island Road
Rock Island
Washburn
Allegheny
Howplta
Gle
Kyncropera
Tse
Edwart
Mayer
Francis FL Washburn
Elallat
Stanley G. Small
Stall
Pastor Hanna
New York
Boris Sidts
Paradoxical Johnson Emerges as Cleveland Mayor
Tom L. Johnson, elected mayor of Cleveland on a Democratic platform, stands as a paradoxical figure with intense earnestness and broad friend networks. His stance includes supporting a major car fare proposition amid contrasts with industrial protection and public sentiment.
India Census Shows Plague Famine Hit Regions Hard
The census data reveal Indian central provinces fell 8.02 percent from 1891 to 1901 while overall population rose slightly. Britsh territories gained 14.4 percent, with total country population around 1.2 to 1.3 hundred million. Despite plague and famine, "brown people" of India compare in numbers to the combined populations of the Americas and Africa, and rival Europe in certain metrics.
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India
Central
Kushinmin
Ratte
Kaine
Nae Mage
Indicare
Americas
Africa
Europe
Peruna Promoted As Spring Tonic In Health Ads
A long promotional passage extols Peruna as a premier spring tonic for spring catarrh and general debility. It quotes multiple endorsements from public figures and professionals, including Wm. A. Collier, M. C. Butler, Robert B. Mantell, and others, praising its effects on nerves, digestion, and overall vitality.
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United States
Wisconsin State Bar Adopts Ethics Code For Disbarment Proceedings
A state bar association adopts a code of ethics aimed at restraining improper conduct by attorneys toward judges. The code urges lawyers to avoid attacking judge integrity and forbids disparaging remarks about jurists while affirming that newspaper ads and professional materials are legitimate. The rest of the text references a coal export outlook, ads for consumer products, and assorted miscellaneous items, including humorous quips and notices.
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Har Association
Wisconsin
AML
Unusual Old Fellows ceremony at Schuylkill jail
A Mahanoy City lodge delegation read Robert W. Taylor of their order out of order just outside his cell in Schuylkill county prison. Taylor was convicted of poisoning his wife in a scene described as a ceremony of disgrace. The note references diphtheria antitoxin treatments in Chicago and historical death rates in the city between 1891 and 1900.
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Schuylkill County
Pennsylvania
Mahanoy City Lodge of Old Fellows
Robert W. Taylor
Taylor
Chicago
Proseasonal Trickers In Columbia Care Scheme Exposed
A faith healer in Columbia sought medical care to obtain sick benefits from his lodge then discarded the prescribed medicines to evade treatment. The Chicago Chronicle reports this as a case of fraud and deception in early welfare practices.
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Columbia
Chicago Chronicle
Farme lux Posabilities of Woeatara Canwiite Interest
A Miyourian observer praises Canadian government land openings in western Canada. W. R. Corser of Missouri reports high wheat and barley yields per acre, prosperous cattle, and strong income potential for farmers. Information available from government agents. reference in newspaper advertisement.
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Woeatara Canwiite
Swakatehowaa
Assini
W. R. Corser
Fligernaville
Lafayette Co. Mo
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